English PEN is campaigning on freedom of expression in Turkey throughout 2013 to raise awareness of current threats to writers, publishers, translators and journalists.

An Ankara Military Court Council found Turkey’s Defense Ministry partially guilty of the suicide of Murat Oktay Can, a compulsory drafted soldier, ordering the ministry to pay roughly 3,000 euros as damages.

A police officer shot and killed Muhammet Öyke (21) who was riding in a car that allegedly ignored police warnings to halt. After the amendement in Turkey’s Police Officer Duty Act, the latest incident rose the toll of police killings rose to 127.

A new mock website allows users to check online whether they have been sued over defamation charges by Melih Gökçek, Ankara’s controversial mayor.

German panzer like armored police vehicles sprayed rose water at pedestrians and apartment buildings in Bingöl province on the occasion of Holy Birth Week – a week dedicated to the birthday of Prophet Mohammed.

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty for violating right to life, torture ban, and right to freedom and security in the 1994 Ormancık case on the disappearance of 13 village guards under gendarmerie detention, the killing on 1 villager, and the burning down of a village.

A recent report released by Ankara Chamber of Medicines revealed that 7,773 healthcare practitioners have filed violence complaints to 113, a hot dial number.

Ayşe Berktay, a jailed translator convicted of being a KCK organization member, received PEN American Center's 2013 PEN/Barbara Goldsmith Freedom to Write Award.

An Istanbul court convicted Pianist Fazıl Say of blasphemy over his tweets, ordering him to serve 10 months of prison - a sentence that was later on suspended.

Saturday Mothers of Turkey held their 420th gathering at Istanbul's Galatasaray Square on Saturday, commemorating Nurettin Yedigöl who disappeared under police detention in 1981.

Departing from the recent coverage appeared on bianet, we compiled a timeline in English on the recent clashes between Dicle University and outsider groups that left many students wounded and caused a three day shut-down of education on campus.

An Erzurum court ordered 11 university students to serve all together 120 years of prison for being "an illegal organization member".

The parliament has approved new amendments in Turkish Penal Code and Anti-Terror Act last night - a series of judicial reforms publicly known as 4th Judicial Package.

An Ankara court released all 22 jailed defendants pending a trial yesterday on the first hearing of KESK trial - a criminal procecution against 72 members from Turkey's public workers' union.

The European Court of Human Rights found Turkey guilty of violating the torture ban, ordering the Turkish state to pay Yasin Böber, a police violence victim, a sum of 21,500 euros.

Dicle University administration declared a three day break to classes after the recent attacks on university students.

An explosion in Akdizgin, a village of Şırnak province in the southeastern Turkey, left Ramazan Yıldız (11) dead - an incident allegedly caused by military equipment.

After a series of heated discussions, the parliament has approved to form a commission in charge of investigating the ongoing peace process - a commission only supported by AKP and BDP.

Authors Umberto Eco and Orhan Pamuk came together around "A Dialogue on Facts, Fiction and History" yesterday, a convivial chat organized by Boğaziçi University.

Recent police raids on Ishtar Women Center in Mersin province affected the number of applications in women shelters after 4 organization members have been arrested for allegations including organizing an alternative kids parade and holding lectures on social gender.